At least 69 dead in sect attacks in north Nigeria

Sunday, November 6, 2011

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Residents fearfully left their homes Saturday to bury their dead in northeast Nigeria following a series of coordinated attacks that killed at least 69 people and left a new police headquarters in ruins, government offices burned and symbols of state power destroyed.

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